Fighting

Of course there’d be some eleventh-hour drama. WBA “world” super featherweight champion Roger Gutierrez announced on Instagram that his upcoming title defense against Hector Garcia, previously planned for July 10th in the former’s native Venezuela, has been moved to the United States after Garcia allegedly declined to fight on his opponent’s home turf. Gutierrez (26-3-1,

Rankings go up on Mondays. There will be no rankings update next week before the coming weekend is really light and also next Monday is Independence Day in the U.S. Ranked fights the next two weeks: Heavyweight: (6) Joe Joyce vs Christian Hammer, July 2 Cruiserweight: (1) Mairis Briedis vs Jai Opetaia, July 2 Junior

Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez put to bed any lingering doubts about how good he really might be, solidifying himself as a serious rising star and threat at 115 lbs by dominating and stopping Srisaket Sor Rungvisai in San Antonio. The 22-year-old Rodriguez — the youngest recognized world champion in boxing today — retained his WBC title

Stephen Fulton Jr and Murodjon Akhmadaliev have clearly separated themselves from the pack at 122 lbs, not just because combined they hold all four world titles, but because they have faced and beaten the top competition. They are a clear 1-2 at 122, no matter which way you have them ordered. And there’s no other

Not much on the boxing schedule this week, which is because it’s Independence Day weekend in the U.S. and boxing promoters here generally avoid the weekend. A couple of years ago, Oscar De La Hoya had the idea to make it an annual big Golden Boy thing but that went nowhere. But there will be

Veteran Hekkie Budler scored an upset over Elwin Soto tonight in Mexicali, Mexico, winning by unanimous decision on scores of 114-113 from all three judges, meaning that a 12th round knockdown gave Budler the fight. In all reality, Budler (34-4, 10 KO) simply won the bout, but the South African was the road fighter in

Jonathan Gonzalez made a successful first defense of his WBO junior flyweight title tonight, winning a decision over Mark Anthony Barriga in a tactical, cagey ProBox TV main event from Kissimmee, Fla. Gonzalez (26-3-1, 14 KO) took the fight on scores of 115-113, 117-111, and 117-111. Bad Left Hook’s unofficial card was 115-113 for Gonzalez,

Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez takes on Srisaket Sor Rungvisai for Rodriguez’s WBC 115 lb title tonight on DAZN, the main event of a card that still features three world title bouts even after a fourth fell apart. Live coverage will start at 6:15 pm ET with the prelims (just two fights!), and then continues at 8

Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin are set to meet for a third time on Sept. 17, with all four of Canelo’s super middleweight titles — the undisputed championship — on the line in a DAZN pay-per-view main event. Canelo (57-2-2, 39 KO) and Golovkin (42-1-1, 37 KO) met up today to announce this fight officially

Anthony Joshua isn’t pretending that changes weren’t needed in his camp if he’s to once again rebound to reclaim three major world titles in his Aug. 20 rematch with Oleksandr Usyk. This is sort of familiar territory for Joshua, who dropped all of the titles to Andy Ruiz in one of the biggest surprise upsets

Jonathan Gonzalez will make the first defense of his WBO 108 lb title tonight, facing Mark Anthony Barriga in a ProBox TV main event from Kissimmee, Fla. Bad Left Hook will be here from 7:30 pm ET for live updates and results on the card, with our coverage coming down in the comments section. Apart

Brace yourselves, boxing world. Rumors are beginning to swirl that we may be in line for another clash of the titans as former MMA champion Conor McGregor put up a curious post on his Instagram page, suggesting that he ‘accepts’ a rematch against Floyd Mayweather Jr. This iteration of talks involving Mayweather and McGregor is

Amanda Serrano’s next fight is fully set, as the WBC and WBO featherweight titleholder announced on social media that she will be facing WBO interim titlist and mandatory challenger Brenda Carabajal. The fight will be featured on the Aug. 6 Showtime pay-per-view headlined by Jake Paul, which is being marketed as a double main event

Junior lightweight titleholder Shakur Stevenson chats it up with the boxing media and fields some questions on what we hope will be an undisputed welterweight title unification between Errol Spence and Terence Crawford, and why he’s looking forward to a mega showdown with Gervonta Davis down the line as they both continue their respective careers.

Juan Francisco Estrada vs Joshua Franco continues to be one of the more bizarre ongoing sagas in the sport. Golden Boy, who won the rights to the WBA-mandated title bout with a paltry $120,000 bid, initially told the WBA that the fight would land on July 16. Then came rampant speculation that Estrada would forgo

ProBox TV have their July 9 main event set, as Cesar Francis will face Raymundo Beltran in a 10-round junior welterweight fight from the WhiteSands Events Center in Plant City, Fla. This is, speaking honestly, not exactly one that’s going to take many eyes from that night’s Showtime card. Francis is unbeaten at 10-0 (6

Light heavyweight contender Anthony Yarde takes some time to chat with Fight Hype about the upcoming rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua, and reasons that if Joshua fights to his advantage he likes his chances to stop Usyk this time around. That’s heavily dependent on the game plan Joshua adopts, says Yarde, but he

Friday’s ProBox TV card from Kissimmee, Fla., will be headlined by the WBO 108 lb title fight between Jonathan Gonzalez and Mark Anthony Barriga, plus we’ll see Axel Vega take on Angelino Cordova in the featured undercard bout, and now the show has been rounded out officially with several Puerto Rican prospects in action. The